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Legacy posts about St. Louis history with a particular emphasis on building and police history.
Before he became St. Louis Chief of Detectives in 1890, William Desmond plied his trade as a Detective with the St. اداره پلیس لوئیس متروپولیتن. During February 1890, Detective Desmond’s persistent efforts to locate two confidence men paid off with the arrest of both men. “Kinch” Keegan and “Thatch” Grady were brother-in-laws and accomplices in several confidence games. ژانویه
در تاریخ نوامبر 7, 1890, Chief of Detectives William Desmond brought in Pat Kennedy, a low-level St. Louis crook, who was suspected of stealing 20 cents from a cigar store on North 9th Street. A 3rd District St. Louis Police Officer captured Kennedy after he robbed a Miss Minnie Mullaney at 16th Street and Franklin Avenue. Kennedy proved a first-rate coward,
ژانویه 7, 1903, خیابان. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond married 24-year-old Hannah McLaughlin in a ceremony he hoped to keep secret. The 46-year-old Desmond always said he would never marry due to the dangers of his job. <طول bbox_x = "543" bbox_y = "1494" bbox_w = "56" bbox_h = "20" fsize = "14" fweight = "3" قرمز = "255" سبز = "255" آبی = "255" آلفا = ", he was clearly smitten with Hannah McLaughlin. In March 1897, خیابان. Louis Post-Dispatch printed the first rumors of an
A 122-year-old brick house dominates the street scene at the corner of Whittier Street and Cook Avenue in St. لوئیس, میسوری. Builders erected the 2378 square foot house in 1892. Its unique architecture includes a turret balcony on the second floor of the northeast wall. When first built, 4200 Cook must have been an impressive site. امروز, 4200 Cook is
The Louisiana Purchase Exhibition, یا 1904 خیابان. Louis World’s Fair as it is more popularly known, is the most significant event in St. لوئیس, Missouri history. While St. Louis was the largest city west of the Mississippi River, the World’s Fair put it on the international map. While the fair would bring notoriety, tourists and increased revenue to the city,
در روز جمعه, اکتبر 14, and Saturday, اکتبر 15, 1904, 42 wrestlers in 7 weight classes met in the first Olympic Games contested in the freestyle wrestling method. Prior Olympic Games were contested in the Greco-Roman style of wrestling. The 1904 Summer Olympics was held in conjunction with the 1904 World’s Fair in St. لوئیس, MO. خیابان. Louis was well-represented in
روز چهارشنبه, مه 9, 1900, در روز دوم از خیابان. لوئیس اتوبوسی به اعتصاب, گلوله ولگرد کشته فرانک Liebrecht. فرانک Liebrecht, یک جانباز جنگ آمریکا و اسپانیا, تماشای یک تظاهرات اعتصاب در گوشه ای از فینی و N. خیابان تیلور. در این تجمع, some in the crowd observed the last two streetcars for the day coming down the tracks about a
جورج کالینز, دزد بانک دوم که در اتحادیه, MO سرقت بانک در دسامبر 26, 1902, تلاش برای فرار از خیابان. زندان لوئیس در ژانویه 1904. علاوه بر کار با زندانیان دیگر در ساخت یک سوراخ در دیوار از زندان, he also arranged with a prison guard to have saws smuggled to him. Collins intended to use
در سپتامبر 5, 1984, I walked through the doors of Grover Cleveland High School for the first time. I attended St. لوئیس’ most popular magnet school at the time, Kennard NJROTC Academy. خیابان. Louis School Board decided to move the program to “The Castle on Grand”. Cleveland High School would graduate many St. Louis children on St. لوئیس’ South
خیابان. Louis Police Chief of Detectives William Desmond made many tough criminals talk over his career. John Huey, an Indiana murderer, was not one of these cases. Huey freely spoke with Desmond about his criminal past. Huey escaped from Indiana after serving 13 years for a murder in 1874. John Huey came to Lyon, Indiana in 1874 به عنوان یک 22 ساله.